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Retail Legal Update - ONS publishes 2012 strike statistics

According to ONS statistics published this summer, 248,800 working days were lost in the UK in 2012 – significantly lower than the 2011 total (1,389,700). The change is largely attributable to the small number of large scale public sector stri...




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Disciplinary Procedures within the NHS

Chhabra v West London Mental Health NHS [2013] UKSC 80  The case of Chhabra v West London Mental Health NHS [2013] UKSC 80 has once again considered the question of when and how NHS employers should progress disciplinary actions on grounds...




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Dismissal for discriminatory reasons and just cause

Marcello Floris, Partner at Eversheds Bianchini 23 February 2015 On 20 February 2014 a Decree was passed by the Italian Council of Ministers and is now in force: such Decree contains provisions on open-ended employment contracts covering various top...




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Dismissal for objective reasons

Marcello Floris, Partner at Eversheds Bianchini 26 February 2015 The Decree approved by the Italian Council of Ministers on 20 February 2015 introduced remarkable changes concerning dismissal for objective reasons. In this case, as under the previou...




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The future of HR Management: at the intersection of AI and personal data protection

Recent years have seen an outburst of interest in artificial intelligence. Technologies based on AI have attracted investors all over the world on an unprecedented scale. More and more smart services are becoming a reality. For example, Staples is u...




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IHC e-briefing 48: The Working Time Directive - European Parliament vote on opt-out and on-call time

The 1993 Working Time Directive lays down basic principles concerning maximum weekly working hours, amongst other things. For some time now, the Council of the EU and the European Parliament have been debating whether the directive should be revised...




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HR e-briefing 398 - The Working Time Directive - European Parliament vote on opt-out and on-call time

The 1993 Working Time Directive lays down, amongst other things, basic principles concerning maximum weekly working hours. For some time now, the Council of the EU and the European Parliament have been debating whether the directive should be revise...




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HR e-briefing 404 - TUPE and collective agreements

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has issued a judgment that confirms that TUPE can, in some cases, bind incoming employers to pay increases negotiated by the outgoing employer under a collective agreement after the date of the TUPE transfer.  Ba...




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HR e-briefing 411 - 48 hour opt-out preserved

Despite a last ditch attempt to reach agreement to change the current rules, the 'opt–out' has survived the latest round of European discussions, namely conciliation talks between the European Council and the European Parliament. The opt&ndash...




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HR e-briefing 412 - the role of HR in responding to the threat of a pandemic

While the recent media reporting of swine flu has dwelt on the obvious health and safety issues, the threat of a pandemic, whether now or in the next few months, also raises some practical challenges for HR departments across the country. Necessary...




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HR e-briefing 414 - National Minimum Wage increases

After a delay of some two months from the usual release date, the National Minimum Wage (NMW) hourly rates that will apply from 1 October 2009, have been announced today, as follows: Workers aged 22 and over: £5.80 (up from the current &pou...




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HR e-briefing no 424 - swine flu - work in progress?

We received an excellent response to our recent survey concerning employer reaction to swine flu (Full Article



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HR e-briefing - Review of the default retirement age

25 August 2009 Review of age discrimination laws – what will the impact be on employers? Last month, the Government announced its intention to bring forward a review of the law around forced retirement. The review concerns the ‘default...




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HR e-briefing 427 - Fathers are to have longer paternity leave from 2011

After the recent flurry of headlines announcing that long-standing uncertainty surrounding the extension of maternity pay and paternity rights was over, the Government has this week published details of its plans in the form of draft regulations. T...




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HR e-briefing 434 - The right to request time off to train

Today, the Government’s proposals regarding apprenticeships and training have received Royal Assent in the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009. One of the Act’s provisions in particular is of relevance to all employer...




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HR e-brief 438 - Employees to get longer parental leave rights

At a meeting this week the European Council agreed to extend the existing right for parents to take leave from work from three to four months per parent, per child. The European Council's decision comes as no surprise as t...




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HR briefing 449 - fit notes to replace sick notes in April 2010

The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed that GP sick notes are to be replaced by 'fit notes' with effect from 6 April 2010. The Government consulted on the design and content of the new medical certificate last ...




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HR e-briefing 454: EU prompts complete rethink of Working Time Directive

The EU Commission has today taken the first step towards a comprehensive review of the Working Time Directive (WTD). This is despite last year's failure to agree changes to the treatment of on-call time or amendments to the 48 hou...




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HR e-briefing - 497 Red tape cuts

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has revealed that the right to request flexible work arrangements will not be extended to parents of 17 year olds in April as previously announced. Contrary to some reports, the existing law p...




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Eversheds' HR e-briefing 507: Flexible parental leave, working time, equal pay and flexible working - more changes afoot

Today, a consultation has been launched on government plans to: Full Article



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Retail Legal Update: EU appears open-minded about pay between assignment contracts

Having inherited the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 on taking office, the UK Government had pledged to review them. That process is now underway but it seems the EU may pip the Government to the post, having conducted its own review of the parent D...




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Brexit - How this will impact on UK employment law

In light of the significant influence...




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E-briefing - New China franchise regulations: replacement of approvals by registration?

Introduction The long-awaited regulations on the Administration of Commercial Franchise Operations (the 'New Regulations') were promulgated by the State Council of the PRC on 6 February 2007, and will take effect on 1 May 2007. They apply equally t...




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Tough new fines for breach of data protection law

The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act, which received royal assent on 8 May 2008, introduces a new section into the Act allowing the IC to impose a fine where there has been a serious breach of the eight data protection 'principles' set out in th...




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Intellectual property ownership – a timely reminder

In the UK, the first owner of a copyright work is the author, unless the work is created by an employee in the course of their employment. In that case, the copyright will belong to the employer unless the parties have agreed otherwise (eg between u...




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Restrictive covenants in franchise agreements

The courts continue to be asked by franchisees to limit the scope of their post termination restrictive covenants. It is becoming key for franchisors to show that the duration of their restrictions reflect the time that it would...




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Fines for serious data breaches

We have notified you in an earlier e-briefing of additional powers being granted to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to take enforcement action against breaches of the Data Protection Act (DPA). A new power to is...




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Carbon Reduction Commitment – are you ready?

As the countdown towards the scheduled introduction of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) in April 2010 continues, the Environment Agency is due to issue its CRC qualification packs to any business that has at least one half-hourly electricity me...




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European Commission consults on future Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Regulation

The block exemption provides a safe harbour from the prohibition on anti-competitive agreements contained in Article 81(1) EC. It can apply to any agreement between parties at different levels of the supply chain where that agreement contains rest...




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Fiverr International Ltd. (FVRR) CEO Micha Kaufman on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript





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Virtu Financial, Inc. (VIRT) CEO Douglas Cifu on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript





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iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (IRTC) CEO Kevin King on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (AOSL) CEO Mike Chang on Q3 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Douglas Dynamics, Inc. (PLOW) CEO Robert McCormick on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Era Group Inc. (ERA) CEO Chris Bradshaw on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Star Group LP (SGU) CEO Jeff Woosnam on Q2 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Cohu, Inc. (COHU) CEO Luis Muller on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) CEO Tim Cofer on Q2 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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TopBuild Corp (BLD) CEO Gerald Volas on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Advanced Metallurgical Group NV (AMVMF) CEO Heinz Schimmelbusch on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript